descendant (n.)

  1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

    [ Syn: descendent ]

    descendant (adj.)

  1. going or coming down

    [ Syn: descendent ]

  2. proceeding by descent from an ancestor; descendent gene

    [ Syn: descendent ]

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